By: Justin Kander8/15/2014﻿(CUREYOUROWNCANCER.orgExclusive)﻿The dramatic rise in the use of cannabis extracts to treat diseases has sparked new interest from doctors, scientists, and politicians in cannabis medicine. Several documentaries are currently in production to educate the public about cannabis science and the real patient results already happening. Gateway to Healing is one such project that hopes to change perception and laws surrounding cannabis, and allow true research to flourish.The film intends to be comprehensive, focusing on the history, science, and anecdotal evidence of cannabis medicine. It will go as far back as 2900BC to explore ancient applications of the plant, ultimately showing how until Prohibition came about, cannabis was a widely used and effective medicine. Only in the last 100 years has medicinal use declined because of misinformation and politics.

Although cannabis has a rich history, it is also only recently that we have begun to understand why cannabis medicines are effective against so many conditions. The film will feature interviews with leading doctors and scientists in the fields of cannabinoid and endocannabinoid research. Every anecdotal success story has remarkable scientific backing. When people understand that all vertebrates have endocannabinoid systems and plant phytocannabinoids function seamlessly through this system, acceptance of cannabis medicine will grow tremendously.

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Tying everything together are interviews with real patients whose lives have been changed, or saved, by cannabis. Terminal cancer patients are reporting full remissions with sustained cannabis oil therapy. Children suffering from hundreds of uncontrolled seizures a day are becoming seizure free with high-cannabidiol, whole plant oils, and/or raw cannabinoid tinctures. For years these results have been reported, but only recently has society and the medical establishment begun taking it seriously.

Gateway to Healing is part of the grander Illegally Healed movement. It is unacceptable that patients are forced to break federal law and become criminals simply to save their own lives. This is especially hard for parents, many of whom can have their children taken away simply because they are using the only medication available that stops life-threatening seizures. Several children have already died waiting for implementation of medicinal cannabis laws. It’s time to bring this medicine under a legal framework, so research can be extensively conducted and patients can have access to lab-tested, safe, consistent extracts. Nobody should be #illegallyhealed, and through efforts like the Gateway to Healing film, in the future no one will have to be.

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